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We needed a change, and quickly.<\/p>\n<p>This session will talk about how we rethought the traditional newsroom concept, turning our list of press releases into a newsroom channel of our own using WordPress, how we got the buy-in of management, public information officers, and the co-presenter, overcame the scope creep, and create the site in just six months.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we can talk about how the versatility of the WP-based site allowed us to improve the news distribution of one or our schools about four years after the site was initially deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Bob will be able to answer questions about the customization that went into the site, while Ross can talk more about the politics, negotiations and logistics that made it happen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-image-233 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley.png\" alt=\"RossFrench-RobertBottomley\" width=\"980\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley.png 980w, https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley-199x150.png 199w, https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/west16\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/06\/RossFrench-RobertBottomley-150x113.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Share-Worthy Sketch Notes | Used by Permission | Created by Ryan Garcia, CSU Channel Islands<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"conf-sch-single-speakers\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"conf-sch-single-speakers-title\">Speakers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div><script id=\"conf-sch-single-meta-template\" type=\"text\/x-handlebars-template\">\n\t\t\t\t{{#event_date_display}}<span class=\"event-meta event-date\"><span class=\"event-meta-label\">Date:<\/span> {{.}}<\/span>{{\/event_date_display}}\n\t\t\t\t{{#event_time_display}}<span class=\"event-meta event-time\"><span class=\"event-meta-label\">Time:<\/span> {{.}}<\/span>{{\/event_time_display}}\n\t\t\t\t{{#event_location}}<span class=\"event-meta event-location\"><span class=\"event-meta-label\">Location:<\/span> {{post_title}}<\/span>{{\/event_location}}\n\t\t\t\t{{#if session_categories}}<span class=\"event-meta event-categories\"><span class=\"event-meta-label\">Categories:<\/span> {{#each session_categories}}{{#unless @first}}, {{\/unless}}{{.}}{{\/each}}<\/span>{{\/if}}\n\t\t\t\t{{#event_links}}{{body}}{{\/event_links}}\n\t\t\t<\/script><script id=\"conf-sch-single-speakers-template\" type=\"text\/x-handlebars-template\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-speaker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t{{#if title.rendered}}<h3 class=\"speaker-name\">{{{title.rendered}}}<\/h3>{{\/if}}\n\t\t\t\t\t{{{speaker_meta}}}\n\t\t\t\t\t{{{speaker_social_media}}}\n\t\t\t\t\t{{#if content}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"speaker-bio{{#if speaker_thumbnail}} has-photo{{\/if}}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{{#if speaker_thumbnail}}<img class=\"speaker-thumb\" src=\"{{speaker_thumbnail}}\" \/>{{\/if}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{{{content.rendered}}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t{{\/if}}\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of California, Riverside&#8217;s Office of Strategic Communications had a problem. 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